An old film is not slow. You have become fast. Ten minutes in, the clock resets to that age. Three descend. Leave the phone in another room. These films were not made for an audience that looks away. 1. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) — Sometimes letting someone go is the love. 2. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) — A whole life retraced to find one man’s last word. 3. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) — Every team film since was born in this village. In the theater at Epidaurus the old tragedies are still staged.

LOREVIVA 218

Question:“On old films”

On old films

An old film is not slow. You have become fast. Ten minutes in, the clock resets to that age.

Three descend. Leave the phone in another room. These films were not made for an audience that looks away.

Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)Sometimes letting someone go is the love.
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)A whole life retraced to find one man’s last word.
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)Every team film since was born in this village.

In the theater at Epidaurus the old tragedies are still staged.